Sigmund Freud – Why Do We Dream?

Sigmund Freud’s answer to why do we dream is that the conscious mind wants to suppress the desires of the Id. Sigmund Freud categorized human behavior into three areas, Id, Ego and Superego with the Id being the most primitive of the three urges. The reason we dream is because the subconscious mind wants its desires conscious. The conscious mind (Ego, Superego) is always in conflict with the Id’s urges. Read more »

Do people dream in color?

Do people dream in color? The answer is yes and no. From sleep studies it is determined that people do dream in color. When a person dreams, upon waking the dream is usually forgotten within moments. In the rare event that a person remembers their dream, it is usually the actions of the dream remembered such as falling, flying, or conflict of some kind. When a dreamer is ask about the colors in their dream they can recall that color was present, but it was not the significant memory of the dream. The reasons for this are debatable. Some believe that because we see color in our everyday lives we assume its presence in our dreams and it is not significant to our memory. Color is present in our dreams, but the messages we receive from the dream are not focused on what the color means. Read more »

Theories on why we dream

Theories on why we dream are divided into two schools of thought. One being that during the course of a day multiple stimuli are thrown at us and our mind absorbs these stimuli like a sponge. Each night when we dream our mind downloads these held stimuli. Dreams are a way for our brain to clear out the garbage that we interpreted during the course of the day. Dreams are our brains way of letting off mental steam. This theory does not place any significance on interpretation of dreams. Dreams are no more than our body’s way of clearing out the brain in preparation for events that will occur the next day. Read more »

Dream Dictionary Analysis

Dream analysis is breaking apart the details of a dream and then interpreting them. A dream is defined as the downloading of sub conscious thought into semi-conscious thought. Dreams occur during the stage of sleep referred to as rapid eye movement. Usually, dreams are forgotten upon waking so it is crucial if an individual wishes to analyze their dream they record their thought as soon as they wake up. It is important to note dream analysis is dependent on the experiences of the dreamer. The events of their dream pertain to how their subconscious relates to influences in their waking life.

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